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The poetry and prose collected in Plainwater are a testament to the extraordinary imagination of Anne Carson, a writer described by Michael Ondaatje as "the most exciting poet writing in English today". Succinct and astonishingly beautiful, these pieces stretch the boundaries of language and literary form, while juxtaposing classical and modern traditions.
Carson envisions a present-day interview with a seventh-century BC poet, and offers miniature lectures on topics as varied as orchids and Ovid. She imagines the muse of a fifteenth-century painter attending a phenomenology conference in Italy. She constructs verbal photographs of a series of mysterious towns, and takes us on a pilgrimage in pursuit of the elusive and intimate anthropology of water. Blending the rhythm and vivid metaphor of poetry with the discursive nature of the essay, the writings of Plainwater dazzle us with the intervention and enlighten us with their erudition.
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- Title Plainwater: Essays and Poetry
- Author Anne Carson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-03-28
- ISBN 9780375708428 / 0375708421
- Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 8.04 x 5.18 x 0.61 in (20.42 x 13.16 x 1.55 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects American poetry - 20th century, American essays - 20th century
- Dewey Decimal Code 814.54
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